Tuesday, July 8, 2014

{ Inspired By }

I recently came across an 'Alice in Wonderland' book illustrated by Yayoi Kusama. I love her drawings and sculptures, they seem to lure me in, just like her octopus tentacles. I saw the large scale building wrap two years ago in New York and it certainly had the impact she intended. Involved in the New York avant-guarde scene in the '50s and '60s, influencing the likes of Andy Warhol and Claes Oldenburg, Kusama eventually returned back to Japan and voluntarily admitted herself to a psychiatric hospital where she has spent the rest of her life.Now an 85 year old, she has finally been acknowledged as one of the most important living artists from Japan. I admire an older woman who has relentlessly been true to herself and has forged the way for others. BY HOLLY CLARKE